Category: Interesting Issues

As 2019 rolls around, advertisements will abound with promotions of 2019-dated gold and silver coins. Many ads will promote First Release or Early Release gold coins at prices hundreds of dollars above the price of bullion coins. In truth, First Release and Early Release coins are only bullion coins that have been “slabbed” (put in

Millennials, It was astonishing that when Ron Paul dropped out of the 2012 presidential race many of his followers jumped to supporting Bernie Sanders, an avowed socialist. Ron Paul, of course, is a libertarian who rails against socialism in all forms.

I noted the correlation between gold ETFs buying or selling gold and the price of gold In my January 10, 2018 post ETFs, central banks buy gold in 2017; sign of higher prices?. The correlation is eerie. Now, Adam Hamilton, a longtime prolific contributor to Gold-Eagle.com, has written a valuable article, Radical Gold Underinvestment, about

Jacinda Ardern is New Zealand’s new Prime Minister. She is 37 and once was presidentPri of the International Union of Socialist Youth. She believes capitalism to be a blatant failure. Ardern is also a DJ.

Last week Germany’s central bank pompously announced that it had completed its repatriation of $31 billion in gold from Paris and New York, ridiculing earlier speculation that the gold had somehow been compromised. A widely circulated theory was that Germany’s gold had been borrowed by bullion houses and delivered against futures contracts that were sold

There are many dangers–not to mention moral issues–of money created out of “thin air.” One of the dangers is that it distorts the markets and results in bad investments during “booms,” which inevitably turn to “busts.” During the busts, the bad investments wash out. Another is that it is easy to use. The economy slows,

Is there any wonder our national debt is pushing $20 trillion? An Inspector General’s report just revealed that the Pentagon spent an extra $28 million over the last decade in providing the Afghan Army special uniforms with a “forest color pattern,” instead of camouflage schemes. The pattern was chosen from a website by the Afghan

Early last Monday morning, burglars broke into Berlin’s Bode Museum and stole a 100-kilogram [221-pound (avoirdupois)] .99999 fine Gold Maple Leaf with a face value of C$1,000,000. However, the C$1 million face value was nominal. The coin’s gold value was right at $4 million.

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